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Building Kuala Lumpur's Islamic Arts Center, an Arabian gem replete with white marble, rippling fountains and sky blue onion-shaped domes in the middle of Malaysia's tropical capital, was a labor of love for two men. One of them is Malaysia's Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad. Prior to the four-story museum's completion in 1998, Mahathir would regularly show up at the construction site, often after his weekly equestrian sessions. At his side was a skinny, balding businessman named Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary. The two men would pore over blueprints, tour the site to monitor progress...
...With the backing of the government, big dreams are possible. But what one former Cabinet minister calls the "fatal embrace of Mahathir Mohamad" also carries burdens. "What they don't realize," says another longtime Mahathir watcher, speaking of men like Mokhtar, Halim and Tajudin, "is that the PM doesn't care about them individually. He only cares about results, and if he thinks they can get things done, he'll keep loading them down with projects until they sink...
...began." Mokhtar has learned his lessons well from 32 years in business and strictly applies them. He surrounds himself with professionals and leaves them to manage. "If the contract is over $100 million, I will show it to him, just to make sure he knows," avers Mohamad Sidek Shaik Osman, CEO of the flagship of Mokhtar's empire, the container port at Tanjung Pelepas (PTP). "Anything less than that he trusts me to take care...
...high tech at the expense of its unique natural and cultural assets. With the computer-chip industry in a slump, Penang's residents are now wondering if their enthusiasm was misguided, and whether they can lure tourists back to their beaches and historical treasures. Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, whose penchant for progress inspired much of the high-tech push, did not help their cause when he called Penang the dirtiest place in the country?twice...
...Despite the semantic disagreement, there's little doubt that Malaysia is cooperating with the U.S. in seeking to apprehend militants. Although Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is known to rail against U.S. policy in the Middle East and its conduct of the war in Afghanistan, he has long warned of the threat of radical Islam. Malaysian police made their first arrests - of 12 KMM members - in early August 2001, well before last year's attacks, at the time raising a chorus of complaints from human rights advocates who said the arrests were politically motivated to stamp out opposition...